Bis-oxalic acid ester amides for use as stabilisers

ABSTRACT

Bis-oxalic acid amide esters of the formula A5-O-CO-CO-NH-W2-NHCO-CO-O-A5 in which A5 represents an alkyl group containing 7 to 18 carbon atoms, a phenylalkyl group whose alkyl residue contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms and 1 to 3 oxygen bridges, an ally group or a cyclohexyl group, and W2 represents a 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene group, a 4,4&#39;&#39;diphenylene group, a 1,4- or 1,5-naphthylene group or a group   IN WHICH X2 is a bridge member -SO2- or a linear or branched alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and phenylene nuclei of the said groupings may contain one or two substituents Z2, Z2 being an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and m 0, 1 or 2. In connection with these and the preceding formulae it should also be said that the alkyl groups mentioned may be branched so that compounds thus constituted may be particularly valuable in certain cases.

United States Patent [191 Luethi et al.

[451 Oct. 22, 1974 l l BlS-OXALlC ACID ESTER AMIDES FOR USE AS STABILISERS [75] Inventors: Christian Luethi, Muenchenstein;

Hans Rudolf Biland, Gelterkinden; Max Duennenberger, Frenkendorf, all of Switzerland [73] Assignee: Ciba Geigy AG, Basel, Switzerland [22] Filed: Sept. 20, 1971 [21] Appl. No.1 182,215

Related US. Application Data [62] Division of Ser. No. 728,836;May 13, 1968, Pat. No.

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data OTHER PUBLICATIONS 7 Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol. 25, pp. 1,580 and l,58l,(l959).

Primary Ex aminerLorraine A. Weinberger Assistant Examiner-Patrick J. Hagan [571 ABSTRACT Bis-oxalic acid amide esters of the formula A P,O-C- OCO-NH-W NHCO-C0O-A,,

in which A, represents an alkyl group containing 7 to 18 carbon atoms, a phenylalkyl group whose alkyl residue contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms and l to 3 oxygen bridges, an ally group or a cyclohexyl group, and

W represents a 1,3- or l,4-phenylene group. a 4,4-

diphenylene group, a 1,4- or 1,5-naphthylene group or a group in which X is a bridge member -SO or a linear or branched alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and phenylene nuclei of the said groupings may contain one or two substituents Z Z being an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and m =0, l or 2. In connection with these and the preceding formulae it should also be said that the alkyl groups mentioned may be branched so that compounds thus constituted may be particularly valuable in certain cases.

8 Claims, No Drawings BlS-OXALIC ACID ESTER AMIDES FOR USE AS STABILISERS 7 of ultraviolet rays, by means of bis-oxalic acid ester amides, and provides processes for their manufacture as well as an important group of new bis-oxalic acid ester amides that are valuable to the purpose mentioned.

Accordingly, the invention provides a process for protecting organic materials that may be damaged or destroyed by ultraviolet rays from the influence of ultraviolet rays, by incorporating with the material to be protected bis-oxalic acid ester amides of the following definition, or by applying them to the surface of said materials or by placing in front of the material to be protected a filter layer containing such bis-oxalic acid ester amides, The bis-oxalic acid ester amides to be used for such protection correspond in their most general form to the formula in which A, and B, are identical or different and each represents an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl group; these groups may contain further substituents and should not displace the absorption maximum of the said compounds to values above 370mm W, represents a phenylene, diphenylene, naphthylene residue or a residue of the formula (2,)", Znrn as and the phenylene groups of these residues may contain one or two substituents Z,,-Z, being an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbonatoms, a halogen atom or anSO H group; m 0, l or 2, and X, repre-' sents an alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a bridge member O, -S-,

As further substituents of the residue A, and B, (or of the residues A defined below) there may be used within the definition of the above formula especially alkyl groups, halogen atoms, alkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy, cyano or tertiary amino groups.-

When X, in the above formula represents a nitrogen bridge member l should be borne in mind that the free valency of this bridge member is'saturated in most cases by a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms,

Of paramount importance because of the greater ease with which they can be prepared are symmetric bis-oxalic acid amide esters of the formula in which A represents an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl radical containing up to 20 carbon atoms, which does not displace the absorption maximum of these compounds to a value above 370 mu, and which may, if desired, contain further substituents, and W, represents a phenylene, diphenylene, naphthylene residue or a residue and the phenylene groups of these residues may contain one or two substituents Z,, Z, being an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom or an SO H group; m O, l or 2, and X, represents an alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a bridge member -O, -S, NH or SO The identical substituents as shown for formula (l) may be contained also in the above-mentioned residue A2 According to the preferred variant of the process of this invention symmetric bis-oxalic acid amide esters are used that correspond to the formula in which A, represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a phenylalkyl group whose alkyl residue contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms and preferably 1 to 3 O- bridges, an alkenyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a cyclohexyl group, and W represents a 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene group, a 4,4-diphenylene group, a 1,4- or l,5-naphthylene group or a group -in which A represents an alkyl group containing 1. to

18 carbon atoms, a phenylalkyl group whose alkyl residue contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms and preferably 1 to 3 -O bridges, an alkenyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a cyclohexyl group; W represents a 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene group, a 4,4-diphenylene group, a 1,4- or 1,5-naphthylene group, and phenylene nuclei of the said groupings may contain one or two substituents Z Z being an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom.

A subgroup of the compounds to be used according to this invention comprises symmetric bis-oxalic acid amide esters of the formula .in which A represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms and W a 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene group, a 4,4-diphenylene group, a l,4- or 1,5-naphthylene group or a group in'which X represents a bridge member -SO or a linear or branched alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and phenylene nuclei of the said groupings may contain one or two substituents Z Z being an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and m =0, l or 2,

it is also possible to use with advantage the new bisoxalic acid amide esters of-the formula in which'A represents an alkyl group containing 7 to 18 carbon atoms, a phenylalkyl group whose alkyl residue contains l to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms and l to 3 oxygen bridges, an ally! group or a cyclohexyl group, and W represents a 1,3- or 1,4-phenylenc group, a 4,4-diphenylene group,-a l,4- or l,5-naphthylene group or a group in which X is a bridge'member SO or a linear or branched alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and phenylene nuclei of the said groupings may contain .one or two substituents Z Z being an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and m =0, l or-Z. In connection with these and the preceding formulae it should also be said that the alkyl groups mentioned may be branched so that compounds thus constituted may be particularly valuable in certain cases.

As examples of important types of compounds to be used in this invention the following bis-oxalic acid amide esters may be mentioned:

m-phenylene-bis-(oxalamido-y-chloropropyl ester),

m-phenylene-bis(oxalamido-methyl ester), p-phenylene-bis-(oxalamido-isoamyl ester), p-phenylene-bis-(y-cyanopropyl ester),

p-phenylene-bis-(oxalamido-dodecyl ester),

(6-methyl-l,3-phenylene)-bis-(oxalamido-croty| cster),

(2,5-dichlorol ,4-phenylene )-bis-(oxalamido-butyl ester),

(2,5-dimethoxy-i ,4-phenylene )-bis-(oxalamidomethyl ester),

.(2,5-dimethyll ,4-phenylene)-bis-(oxalamidoethoxyethyl ester), 4,4-diphenylene-bis-(oxalamido-butyl ester), 4,4'-diphenylene-bis-(oxalamido-y-phenylpropyl ester), 4,4-diphenylene-bis-(oxalamido-p-chlorobenzyl. es-

ter),

(3,3-dimethyl-4,4-diphenylene)-bis-(oxalamidoisobutyl ester),

(3,3-dimethoxy-4,4'-diphenylen e)-bis (oxalamidomethyl ester),

(3,3'-dimethoxy-4,4-diphenylene)-bis-(oxalamidop-methylbenzyl ester), 4,4-bis-(oxalamido-undecyl diphenylsulphide, 4,4-bis-(oxalamido-cyclohexyl ester)-diphenylether,

ester)- 4,4'-bis-(oxalamido-n-octadecyl I ester diphenylsulphone, 4,4-bis-(oxalamido-ethoxyethyl ester diphenyl methane.

The compounds described above are accessible by known processes. The most important method-of manufacturing the compounds of the formula (2) which are of importance to industry and have symmetric constitution with respect to the residues A consists in reacting 1 mol of a diamine of the formula with 2 mols of an oxalic ester of the formula A -OCO-COY,

in which W and A have the above meanings and Y represents an alkoxy group which preferably contains 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or is a halogen atom, by allowing them to react at a temperature within the range from 0 to 200 C; the esterification is preferably conducted in presence of excess oxalic ester, whereby the residue A can be exchanged for another residue A by transesterification, and, if desired, in a solvent that is chemically inert towards the reactants. If this reaction is accompanied by elimination of an alcohol, it is advantageously removed from the reaction mixture by distillation, provided its boiling point allows this.

The reaction, which is preferably performed in presence of an excess of oxalic ester, is carried out with special advantage with an up to two fold molecular excess.

The procedure described above is especially applicable to the manufacture of compounds of the formula (5), reacting l mol of a diamine of the formula l lH --W- NH in which W and A, have the above meanings and Y represents an alkoxy group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

According to a preferred variant the condensation of the diamine of the formula (7a) with an oxalic acid diester of the formula (9) or (8-) is carriedout in presence of anhydrous boric acid (preferably 0.02 to 0.1 mol for every mol of diamine) at a temperature from 80 to 130 C. Suitable solvents that are inert towards the reactants should as far as possible be solvents for both reactants and have a boiling point of at least 100 C. Such solvents are, for example, chlorobenzenes, tetrachloroethane, xylenes, ethylamyl ketone, diethyleneglycol diethyl ether or isophorone.

According to another process for the manufacture of the compounds to be used in this invention, for example'those of the formula (2), a diamine of the formula (7) is reacted with an oxalic ester halide of the formula atom, especially a chlorine atom. In these cases it is advantageous to use a solvent that boils between 30 and 120 C, is inert towards the reactants and is especially capable of dissolving the diamine of the formula (7), such as benzene, toluene, acetone, ethyl acetate or dioxan. This reaction may be performed without a condensing catalyst; the temperature to be maintained ranges from 0 to 130 C, preferably from to 80 C. As a rule, an equivalent quantity of the reactant of the formula (10) suffices, that is to say 2 mols thereof for every mol of diamine.

According to a variant which is specially valuable to the manufacture of compounds of the above formulae the bis-oxalic acid amide esters are trans-esterified on the ester bond, that is to say a residue A A A or A is exchanged for a differently constituted residue covered by the same definition, advantageously in presence of a known trans-esterifying catalyst.

This trans-esterification processis specially valuable to the manufacture of compounds of the formula (6): A compound of the formula in 'whichA, represents an alkyl group containing l to 6 carbon atoms and W a l',3- or ,l,4-phenylene 6 group, a 4,4-diphenylene group, a l,4- or 1,5

naphthylene group or a group where X is a bridge member --SO or a linear or branched alkylene group containing l to 4 carbon atoms, and phenylene nuclei of the said groupings may contain one or two substituents Z 2,, being a halogen atom or an alkyl or alkoxy group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m =0, l or 2 is reacted with an alcohol of the formula A -OH in presence of a trans-esterifying catalyst in a solvent, at a temperature ranging from 80 to 200 C.

Suitable trans-esterifying catalysts are, for example, strong alkalies such as alkali metal alcoholates and alkali metals or acid catalysts such as hydrochloric acid, concentrated sulphuric acid, p-toluenesulphonic acid and the like, which are used in catalytic amounts, that is to say in an amount of about 0.01 mol or 0.2 mol calculated from the grouping to be trans-esterified.

Solvents suitable for the trans-esterification are quite generally all those mentioned above, except that their boiling point should be from 80 to 200 C. It is of course also possible to use as solvent the alcohol of the formula (ll); Further suitable are ketones and halowhere A has the above meaning and Hal is a halogen benzenes. v

Starting materials suitable for 'tra'ns-esterification reactions are more especially compounds of the formula (2) in which A is an alkyl radical containing up to 6 carbon atoms, preferably methyl or ethyl.

By using the corresponding alcohols it is possible to introduce by'the trans-esterification more especially the residues of alcohols such as butanol, 2.-ethylhexyl, dodecyl, octadecyl, isoamyl, benzyl, allyl,cyclohexyl or y-chloropropylalcohol. V

In view of the fact that the trans-esterification is an equilibrium reaction it is advantageous to use anexcess of the alcohol whose residue is to be introduced. In general, a 0.05 to 0.3 molar excess will suffice.

Depending on the reactivity of the alcohol concerned the trans-esterifying temperature ranges from about 50 to 180 C; to prevent any undesired side-reactions the temperature should if possible be kept below 130 C, preferably between and C. To promote the progress of the reaction the alcohol liberated from the starting material should be more volatile than the alcohol to be introduced and it should advantageously be continuously removed from the system, for example by blowing it out with an inert gas, such as a currentof nitrogen. a

With the aid of the compounds of the above formula (l) and of the following formulae it is possible principally to stabilize and protect all those organic materials which are in any form damaged or destroyed by the action of ultraviolet rays. Such damages caused by the identical agency, namely ultraviolet irradiation, may have widely differing results, for example changes in colour, changes in the mechanical properties (brittleness, fissuring, tear strength, flexural strength, abrasive strength, elasticity, ageing), triggering off of undesired chemical reactions (decomposition of sensitive chemical substances, for instance of medicaments, photochemically induced rearrangements, oxidation or the like, for example of oils containing unsaturated fatty acids), causing of burns and irritations (for example on human skin), and the like. The oxalic acid derivatives defined above are preferably used to protect polycondensates and polyadducts from the effects of ultraviolet rays. In addition, a rather large number of the compounds defined above have in addition to the ultraviolet stabilizing activity also a stabilizing effect against the action of oxygen and heat and they also possess antistatic properties.

The organic materials to be protected may be in a wide variety of processing stages and physical states, their common characterizing feature being their sensitivity towards ultraviolet rays.

As substances of low or high molecular weight that can be protected or stabilized by the present process there may be mentioned, for example, without intending any limitation thereto: Organic natural substances such as are used for pharmaceutical purposes (medicaments), ultraviolet-sensitive dyestuffs, compounds which as victuals or in victuals are decomposed by the action of light (unsaturated fatty acids in oils) and the like.

As examples of organic substances of high molecular weight the following may be mentioned:

I. Synthetic organic materials of high molecular weight, such as a. Polymers based on organic compounds containing at least one polymerizable carbon-to-carbon double bond, that is to say their homoor copolymers and their after-treated products, for example crosslinking, grafting-or degradation products; polymer dilutions; products obtained by modifying reactive groupings in the polymer molecule, such for example as polymers based on a,,B-unsaturated carboxylic acids (e.g. acrylates, acrylamides, acrylonitrile), of olefin hydrocarbons, e.g. u-olefins, ethylene, propylene or dienes, i.e., also rubbers and rubber-like polymers (also so-called ABS polymers);.polymers based on vinyl and vinylidene compounds (e.g. styrene,

vinyl esters, vinylchloride, vinyl alcohol), of halogenated hydrocarbons, of unsaturated aldehydes and ketones, allyl compounds and the like;

b.'other polymers as obtained e.g. by ring opening,

e.g. polyamides of the polycaprolactam type; furthermore formaldehyde polymers, or polymers accessible by polyaddition as well as polycondensation, such as polyethers, polythioethers, polyacetals, thioplasts.

c. Polycondensates or precondensates based on bifunctional or polyfunctional compounds containing condensible groups, their homoand cocondensates andafter-treated products, for example: Polyesters [saturated (e.g. polyethylene terephthalate) or unsaturated (e.g. maleic aciddialcohol polycondensates and their crosslinked products with copolymerizable vinyl monomers), linear or branched (also those based on higher hydric alcohols, e.g. alkyd resins)], polyamides (e.g. hexamethylenediamine adipate), maleinate resins, melamine resins, phenol resins (e.g. novolaks), aniline resins, furan resins, carbamide resins and their precondensates and analogously constituted products; polycarbonates, silicone resins and others.

d. Polyadducts such as polyurethanes (crosslinked or not), epoxy resins.

II. Semisynthetic organic materials such, for example, as cellulose esters or mixed esters (acetate, propionate), nitrocellulose, cellulose ethers, regenerated cellulose (viscose rayon, cuprammonium cellulose) or their after-treated products or casein synthetics.

lll. Natural organic materials of animal or vegetable origin, e.g. based on cellulose or proteins such as wool, cotton, silk, bast, jute, hemp, furs and hairs,

leathers, wood pulp infine distribution, natural res- I ins (such as colophony, especially lacquer resins, gelatin, glues; also rubber, gutta percha, balata and their after-treated and modified products, degradation products, products accessible by modification of reactive groups.

The organic materials concerned, especially plastics of the type of vinylchloride polymers, saturated and unsaturated polyesters, celluloses and polyamides, may be at a wide variety of processing stages (raw materials, semi-finished or finished products) and physical states. They may in the form of a wide variety of shaped articles, that is to say e.g. predominantly three-dimensional objects such as sections, containers or various workpieces, chips or granulates or foamed articles; predomi nantly two-dimensional structures such as films, foils, lacquers, impregnations or coatings or predominantly unidimensional products such as filaments, fibres, flocks, bristles or wires. The said materials may also be in unshaped states in a wide variety of homogeneous or inhomogeneous forms of distribution and physical states, being, for example, powders, solutions, normal or reversed emulsions (creams), dispersions, latices, sols, gels, putties, waxes, adhesives or grouting compositions.

Fibrous materials may be in a wide variety of predominantly non-textile processing forms, being for instance threads, yarns, fibre fleeces, felts, paddings, flocculated structures, or textile fabrics or textile composites, knitwear, paper, cardboards or the like.

The new stabilizers may be used, for example, as follows:

a. In cosmetic preparations such as perfumes, dyed or undyed soaps and bath salts, skin and face creams, powders, repellantsand especially sunburn oils and creams;

b. in admixture with dyestuffs or pigments or as additives to dyebaths, printing, discharge or reserve pastes; also for after-treating dyeings, prints or discharge prints;

c. in admixture with so-called carriers, antioxidants, other light filters, heat stabilizers or chemical bleaches;

d. in admixture with crosslinking agents, dressings agents such as starches or synthetic dressing agents;

e. in combination with detergents; the detergent and the stabilizer may, if desired, be added separately to the washing liquor;

f. in gelatin layers for photographic purposes;

g. in combination with polymeric vehicles (polymers,

r polycondensates 'or polyadducts) in which the stabiliz er, if desired side by side with other substances, is incorporated in dissolved or dispersed form, eg in coating, impregnating or binding agents (solutions, dispersions, emulsions) for textiles, fleeces, paper, leather;

h. as additives to a wide variety of industrial products to reduce their ageing tendency, for example as additives to glues, adhesives, paints or the like.

When the protecting agents of this invention are to be used for treating organic textile materials of natural or synthetic origin, e.g. textile fabrics, they may be applied to the substrate to be protected at any desired phase of the final processing, such as during a dressing, anticrease finishing, dyeing or other finishing operation by fixing methods similar to dyeing processes.

The new stabilizers to be'used according to this invention are preferably added to or incorporated with semisynthetic organic materials, hence also before or,

during the chemical reaction, for example in the course of a polycondensation (hence also to precondensates), a polymerization (hence also to prepolymers) or a polyaddition.

An important sphere of application of the stabilizers of this invention is their incorporation with a protective layer used to protect a material placed behind it. This can be achieved by applying the ultraviolet absorber to the surface layer (of a film, a fibre or multidimensional structure), for example similar to a dyeing process, or the active substance may be incorporated with a polymer (polycondensate or polyadduct) film by a known surface treating method with polymeric substances, or the active substance may be dissolved in a suitable solvent and allowed to diffuse or swell into the surface layer. According to another important variant the ultraviolet absorber is incorporated with a selfsupporting,substantially two-dimensional support, eg a foil or the wall of a vessel, in order to ward off ultraviolet rays from the substance placed behind the support (examples: shopwindows, films, transpa rent wrappers, bottles).

From the foregoing it is obvious that not only the substrate or support incorporating the ultraviolet absorber is protected but also other'accompanyingingredients of the substrate, for example dyestuffs, antioxidants, desinfectants, antistatics and other dressings, plasticizers and fillers.

Depending on the type of substance to be protected or stabilized, on its sensitivity or on the form in which the protection or stabilization is achieved the requisite quantity of stabilizer may vary within wide limits, for example from about 001- to 10 percent by weight, referred to the weight of substrate to be protected. For most practical purposes a proportion of about 0.05 to 2 percent will suffice.

Accordingly, the process for protecting organic materials from the effects of ultraviolet irradiation and heat as described above consists in homogeneously distributing the compounds defined above in the organic material to be protected, or in applying them to the sur face of the material or in covering the material with a 5 filter layer that contains the compounds defined above.

This is most advantageously done by homogeneously distributing the compounds described in substance or as a solution or dispersionin the organic material to be protected in an amount of 0.01 to percent, preferably 0.05 to 2.0 percent, by weight, referred to the weight of the material to be protected before the latter is given its final shape.

When the substances of this invention are to be applied superficially to the substrate to be protected, for instance to a fibrous material (fabric), this is advantageously done by immersing the substrate to be protected in a liquor that contains the ultraviolet absorber in dissolved or dispersed form. Solvents suitable for this purpose are, for example, methanol, ethanol, acetone, athyl acetate, methylethyl ketone, cyclohexanol or especially water. As is done in dyeing, the substrate is left in the liquor for a certain time generally, 10 minutes to 24 hours will suffice at 10 to 120 C; if desired, the liquid may be moved about during this period of time. The material is then rinsed, if desired washed and dried.

In many cases it is found advantageous to use the above-mentioned light filters in combination with sterically hindered phenols, esters of thiodipropionic acid or organic phosphorus compounds.

Unless otherwise indicated, all parts in the following Examples are by weight.

MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTIONS A. A mixture of 54 parts of l,4-phenylenediamine, 292 parts of oxalic acid diethyl ester and 2 parts of boric acid is heated to 120 C. Within 6' to 8 hours to parts of ethanol pass over. The reaction mixture is subjected to steam distillation.

Yield:(pure): to parts of the compound melting at 220 to 221 C (from dioxane-lcyclohexane).

Analysis:

in substantially pure form. A specimen recrystallized from dichlorobenzene melts sharply at 225 to 227 C and reveals the following analytical data:

calculatcd: C found: C

settle out; it is chromatographically pure and melts at C. A mixture of 24.4 parts of 3,3'-dimethoxy-4,4-

'diamino-diphenyl. 122 parts of oxalic acid dibutyl 155 to 156 C after strong sintering at 145 to 147 C.

ester and part of boric acid is rapidly heated to tract 32 parts of the product of the formula Analysis:

calculated: C 6

found: 6

39 H 6.4 N 18 H 6.20 N

The products listed in the following Table were manufactured in a manner similar to that described under (A) and (B) above. The melting point in C is shown in column 1V and the analytical values for C, H and N 20 in column V (upper line: calculated, lower line: found).

TABLE (15 V100CCO-NH-W4NHCOCOOV1 1 11 v,= 111 WP IV v -C:1I5 11300 '0 0110 228-220 50.45 5.44 0.30 l l 50.71 5.27 0.30

18 --C4H5 155-150 54.54 5. 23 0.00 I 54. 60 5. 9. 13

20...... 414115 151-152 55.80 5. 03 8.00 o1r.l 55. 00 5. 40 8. 82

23 -CQH5 113C CH3 182-184 04.00 5.87 0.70 l l 03.03 5.07 0.88

24 CH5 01 173. 5-175 44.58 3.74 7.43 G 44.74 3.88 7.

25 C21I5 01 173-174 50.50 4.80 7.85 @l 50.40 4.01 7.80

]I3C -CII3 CI'I3 ylate g for 9 in Ex- OCH:

-NH--COCOOC1 H31 found: C 72.79 H 11).

7 3 J v 66 .1 L w ne w hours at 100 to 105 C in an open vessel, and then for another 2 days under reflux. The hot reaction solution is filtered clear, mixed at 80 C with 80 parts of alcohol, cooled and suctioned. Yield: 18.5 parts (frombenzine) of the compound of the formula calculated: C 72.61 H 9.9

The compounds listed in the following Table were amples l and 11; the melting point in C is shown in column IV and the analytical data for C, H and N in col- 19 50 umn V (upper line: calculated, lower line: found),

EXAMPLE 1 parts of stearyl alcohol, 0.25 parts of sodium meth A solution of 0.1 part of sodium metal in 60 parts of and 175 parts of toluene reacted Wlth n-octanol is heated to 125 to 130 C, 13.4 parts of the compound of the formula 16) are added and the perature; 50 parts the whole is cooled for 1 hour in parts of I G -OCOCONH- 11.00 OCH:

-NHCOC0OC1I11 (34) melting at l 16 to 117 C.

Analysis:

calculated: C 66.64 H 7.91) N 4.57 found: C 66.45 H 7 s N 4.74.

prepared in a manner similar to that described EXAMPLE 11 r A mixture of 13.4 parts of the compound (16) TABLE (36) V20OCC0NHW5--NH-COCO0V2 11 v? III (we) II3CO whole is stirred for 2 hours at this temperature in an open vessel, then cooled to room tem of ethanol are added ice, suctioned and the residue is rinsed with alcohol. Recrystallization from benzine furnishes 12 parts of the compound of the formula melting at 128 129 C.

Analysis:

H17C30COCONTI TABI .E- 'unlinucd (36) V- .()O((0N HWr,(O(()()V-1 I 11 (V2 111 (W:.) 1V V 42 Same as above 171-172 69. 54 8. 02 5.07 69.66 7.80 5.14

Same as above 232-234 68.84 5.78 5.73 -011zc1I1c112 68. 80 6. 76 5. 75

46 c2115 .66 105-106 62.84 7.67 6.66 I 62. 57 7. 44 6. 61 -(31Iz-011CHz-C1Ia --(.1I0H1(.11g0 111 It:

48... ----()4HD(H) Sumo 11s uhnvv 18 1-185 (15.47 (1.41 (1.37 65.411 6. '11 6. 46

50 C211 c1 01 116-118 50. 6 06 4. 05 50. 63 6. 13 4. 84 0H2c1101120113 C G 51 C16H21 (n) Same as above 96-98 63., 80 7. 44 4. 13 63. 51 7. 33 4. 22

.................. 0112 11300 00113 201-202 61.01 5.97 5. 03 I l 61.26 5.87 6.17 -C1I CH2CHZOCH2CIIQOCIIQCII3 Same as above 117-119 58. 05 6. 50 4. 51 53.21 6.40 4.62

-C4111(n) 135-137 66. 06 6. 6.16 -C116-' 66.13 6. 6. 33

55 C0115 Sumo as above 01-114 68.21 7.50 5. 4!!

- l 68.30 7.32 5.52 CH5OHCH6CII3 56 C115 C115 16 -111 68.21 7.50 5.40 l 6s. 46 7. 49 5. 60 CIIC1-Ig-C1I 57.... Smnuusuhovc... W 185-187 62.84 7. ('17 (1:66 62. 67 7. 60 6. 3-1

58 CBH17(11) w 1 100-111 65.52 3.46 5.88 f E 65.58 3.42 5.07

50 C6H11(n) 01 72-74 57.25 7.02 5.14 57.16 6. 97 5. 10

60-.-; 121-1 ('11 01 60-66 61.83 6.81 4.51 61.95 6.83 4.52 011;-01I 01I2)4-0114 Q Q 61 C Hg (n) 01 01 03-05 65.47 7.97 3.82 65.35 7.00 3.95

62 -C|sH51(n) Same as above 93-96 69. 23 9. 16 3. 11 68.73 8.95 3.20

63 "67-72'6994' 3.13 4.04 L 1 1 CH4 70.19 8.04 4.94 'CHz(1H-(CH )3CI'I3 64 -C6Hz5(n) Same as above -121 72. 53 0.21 4.13 72. 31 9.21 4.21

TABLEContinued CisHa-1(n) 78-81 70.67 sl m 70.50 s 45 intro Hat/- mom ' EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS cellulose) of the compound of formula( 12). After dry- In each of the following examples of application a ing, the following percentage light transmission values typical representative of the respective subgroupof are Obtamed: compounds of this invention was used; In principle; all receding description Light lransmission inf/1 unexposed csposed (for I00 hours t. in a fadeometcr compounds-mentioned in the p wavelength and theirequivalents are equally suitable, except that in mpt the solubility of the compound chosen in the substrate to be used must be taken into consideration or first determined by a small-scaletest. Moreover, it should be mentioned in this contextthat com 'the central member the two ar Zi 40 16 2: 44U 36 w 3 0000 k 3 4 5 6 l 3 1 1 3 M 1- nd .lm C mm H w 0 me ,Qw d a ue 0d -D n W by an intermediate member X, absorb by about 30 mp 60 less towards the visible light, and this must likewise be taken into consideration to suit the individual a tion.

pplica- The compounds of the formulae l3, l6, 19, 20, 21, 34 or 42; for example, display a similar behaviour.

EXAMPLE 1 An acetylcellulose ft by casting a 10 perce EXAMPLE 2 lm about 50p. thick is produced A paste prepared from parts of polyvinylchloride, 59 parts by volume of di nt acetonic acetylcellulose soluoctylphthalate and 0.2

tion containing 1 percent (calculated from the acetylpart of the compound ofthe formula 13) is calendered at l45to 150 C to form a foil about 0.5 mm thick.

The polyvinylchloride foil obtained in this manner absorbs completely within the ultraviolet region from 280 to 360 m,u.

Instead of the compound of the formula (13) there may be used, forexample, a compound of one of the following formulae: l2, 19, 23,24 to 28, 34, 39, 42 to 50, 52, 55, 56, 57 or 63 to 73.

' EXAMPLE 3 EXAMPLE 4 A mixture of 100 parts of polypropylene and 0.2 part of one of the compounds of the formulae 24, 26, 27, 34, 35, 41,50, 57, 59, 68 or 69 is calendered at 170 C to form a sheet whichis then pressed at 230 to 240 C under a maximum pressure of 40 kg/cm to form a panel 1 'mm thick.

The resulting panels are impermeable to ultraviolet light within the region from 280 to 360 mu. Other compounds listed in the Table display a similar behaviour.

EXAMPLE 5 A solution of 0.2 part of the compound of the formula (34) in 1.8 parts of monostyrene is mixed with 0.5 part of a solution of cobalt naphthenate in monostyrene (containing 1 percent of cobalt). Then 40 parts of an unsaturated polyester resinbased on phthalic acid+maleic acid+ethyleneglycol in monostyrene a added and the whole is stirred for minutes. 1.7 Parts of a catalyst solution (methylethyl ketone peroxide in dimethylphthalate) are dropped in and the well stirred, air-free mass is poured in between two plates of glass.

After minutes the polyester panel of 1 mm thickness has solidified sufficiently to enable it to be taken out of the mould. It is impermeable to ultraviolet light within the region from 280 to 370 mu.

The compound of the formula 34 may be replaced, for example, by one of the compounds of the formulae 26, 28, 31, 43, 50, 51, 59, 60, 61, 68 or 70.

EXAMPLE 6 Grams of distilled monostyrene are prepolymerized in a stoppered bottle for 2 days at 90 C in a heating cabinet, and then 0.25 g of one of the compounds of the formulae 26, 28, 34, 42, 43, 50, 51, 68 or 69 and 0.025 g of benzoyl peroxide are slowly stirred into a viscous mass. The mixture is then poured into a cube-shaped mould of aluminum foil and heated for 1 day at 70 C. After the mass has completely solidified and cooled off, the mould is broken up. The block is then pressed in a hydraulic press at a temperature of 138 Cunder a pressure of 150 kg/cm to form a panel 1 mm thick.

The polystyrene panels manufactured in this manner are impermeable to ultraviolet light within the region from 280 to 370 mu. They are completely colourless.

EXAMPLE 7 10,000 Parts of a polyamide, manufactured in known manner from caprolactam, in chip form are mixed for 12 hours in a tumbler with 30 parts of one of the compounds of the formulae 21, 35, 38, 43, 60, 67 or 70. The chips treated in this manner are melted in a boiler,

from which the atmospheric oxygen has been displaced with superheated steam and which is heated at 300 C, and the melt is stirred for /2 hour. The melt is then expressed under a nitrogen pressure of 5 atmospheres (gauge) through a spinneret and the spun and cooled filament is wound up on a spinning bobbin, whereby it is at the same time stretched.

The degradation of the macromolecules caused by the exposure in the fadeometer and measured by the relative viscosity in concentrated sulphuric acid is substantially reduced by the addition of the above compounds.

Other compounds listed in the Table display a similar behaviour.

EXAMPLE 8 0.2 Gram of the compound of the formula 18) is dissolved in 10 g of pure olive oil. A 50 ,u thick layer of this solution absorbs ultraviolet light up to 330 mp. completely.

In identicalmanner other fatty oils and creams or emulsions used for cosmetic purposes may be used for dissolving the compounds referred to above.

Instead of the compound of the formula (18) there may be used, for example, the compound of the formula 21, 34,43, 50,57 or'58.

EXAMPLE 9 l2'Grams of polyacrylonitrile are strewn with stirring into 88 g of dimethylformamide until all has dissolved. Then 0.1 g of a compound, for example of formula 35, which dissolves immediately, is added. The viscous mixture is then applied to a cleaned plate of glass and spread out with a film drawing rod. The treated plate of glass is then dried for 20 minutes at C in a vacuum drying cabinet under a pressure of mm Hg. A foil is obtained which has a thickness of about 0.05 mm which is easy to pull off the glass plate; it is completely colourless and absorbs ultraviolet light up to a wavelength of 350 my. substantially completely, whereas a foil that does not contain the above compound of the formula 35 passes at least 80 percent of the ultraviolet light. Incidentally, the compounds mentioned in connection with polystyrene may likewise be incorporated with polyacrylonitrile.

We claim:

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